addEventListener click

HTML

<div id="matte_designs_strip_wrapper">

</div>

JavaScript

var cid = 1721;
var alt = "4x6_" + cid;
var thumb = "168c619a1d1743bd4f3aba9d69a8c3ce";
var mattes_selected_type = "182";
var i = 0;
function common_get_site_url()
{
  return "https://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png";
}

//
var thumb_img = new Image();
thumb_img.id = 'cid_' + cid;
thumb_img.alt = alt;
thumb_img.src = ""; 
thumb_img.addEventListener('load', function() {
   alert("LOAD");
}, false);
thumb_img.addEventListener('click', function() {
  alert("CLICK");
}, false);
thumb_img.src = common_get_site_url();

$('#matte_designs_strip_wrapper').append('<span class="matte_design_image_name"><img id="cid_' + cid + '" src="' + thumb_img.src +'" /></span>');