2. Pomeroy Trusses, 208 Livingston Street
At the turn of the twentieth century, Pomeroy Trusses had offices in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Newark, New Jersey. “Pomeroy’s Truss and Finger Pad form the best appliance for the relief and cure of Rupture ever invented,” reads an 1870 ad in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Pomeroy also sold and fitted artificial limbs. One ad promised, “an almost unlimited variety of sockets, joints, and feet insure comfort and satisfaction to each.” Little is mentioned about Pomeroy after 1944 when the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that two men were found guilty of stealing a car from the company. Ephemeral New York reports that the Pomeroy ghost sign in Downtown Brooklyn was revealed in 2014 when an adjacent building was demolished. Note the finger pointing to the elevator entrance.
