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HTML

<button>Remove pics</button>
<div id="table" class="content">

                                                
                <a href="http://onebigphoto.com/as-the-sun-sets-over-prague/">
                    <div class="portfolioitem">
                        <div class="portfolioimg"><img src="http://onebigphoto.com/uploads/2012/07/as-the-sun-sets-over-prague-thumb.jpg" alt="as the sun sets over prague" /></div>
                        <div class="portfoliotext"><h1><a href="http://onebigphoto.com/as-the-sun-sets-over-prague/">as the sun sets over prague</a></h1></div>
                        <ul class="portfoliocategories"><ul class="post-categories">
    <li><a href="http://onebigphoto.com/category/urban-photography/" title="View all posts in urban photography" rel="category tag">urban photography</a></li></ul></ul>
                    </div>
                </a>

                                    
                <a href="http://onebigphoto.com/space-station-above-aurora-borealis/">
                    <div class="portfolioitem">
                        <div class="portfolioimg"><img src="http://onebigphoto.com/uploads/2012/07/space-station-above-aurora-borealis-thumb.jpg" alt="space station above aurora borealis" /></div>
                        <div class="portfoliotext"><h1><a href="http://onebigphoto.com/space-station-above-aurora-borealis/">space station above aurora borealis</a></h1></div>
                        <ul class="portfoliocategories"><ul class="post-categories">
    <li><a href="http://onebigphoto.com/category/space-photography/" title="View all posts in space photography" rel="category tag">space photography</a></li></ul></ul>
                    </div>
                </a>
</div>

CSS

img{
    width:100px;
    height:100px;
}

JavaScript

document.getElementsByTagName("button")[0].onclick = function(){
    var table = document.getElementById("table");

    table.innerHTML = table.innerHTML.replace(/<\s*img[^>]*>/gi,'');
}