Wide span of time given, guessed to be 1890s, possibly during the 1894 outbreak.
Update: Looking up Graham Street, the men are standing at the junction with Wellington Street.
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1 Jul 1894
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There are several photos of a
There are several photos of a very similar group of men in white uniforms in the book The Whitewash Brigade, titled:
British soldiers of the Shropshire Light Infantry carrying out house-cleaning duties in the Chinese quarter of Hong Kong during the plague of 1894.
The sign above the men on the left is for Channam, a gold and silver smith, on Wellington Street.
There's a slightly clearer copy of the photo at Getty Images.
Also found another copy in https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/central/doc/2016_2019/sc/dc_meeting… which locates the men near the junction of Wellington and Graham Streets, and has more info about Chan Nam.
120 Wellington Street ??
Very interesting details in your comment. Is the building with the Channam sign 120 Wellington Street ?
120 Wellington Street
Yes, that's what the document https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/central/doc/2016_2019/sc/dc_meeting… says. On page 9 they write about this photo:
So the road running up the centre of the photo is Graham Street, and Wellington Street crosses from side to side about where the men in white uniforms are standing.