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HTML
<div id="myImages">
<div id="file_50" class="file_bg">
<span id="button_remove" class="files">Remove Image</span>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
$('.files').on('click',function(e){
console.log(e.currentTarget());
console.log("Sent id: " + $(this).parent().attr('id'))});