No one has the right to throw out something that belongs to another person. No one! Many men, in particular, keep things, not necessarily because they need it but just beacuse it's there. If you come across something and you don't like it then talk to him about it. In many cases he was unaware of it and will happily throw it away. If he chooses not to then that is another matter for you to discuss.
Every woman behaves differently and different men admire particular traits and behaviours in a woman; perhaps your hubby does not appreciate you destroying property that belongs to him. I personally believe you were in the wrong and should apologise for what you did. You will then probably find out that he was more angry about the principle of what you did rather than the loss of those particular pics. He will then apologise also and everything will be rosey again.
Pia found pics of my ex and I only became aware of their existence several weeks after she found them as she made a reference to a shoe my ex was wearing in one of the pics. I wanted to destry them but she said no; I should return them to my ex as its not nice to destroy them. I asked her to look after them until I could do so, which she did. Then I returned them to my ex. I admired her more for her maturity, poise and thoughtfulness for both myself and my ex and my exes family.
It probably helps that she knows she has all my love and I cherish her so much. She also knew all about my ex and was always concerned about her.That's why she's my queen.