The Faultless Pajama Company, originally E. Rosenfeld and Company and then the Rosenfeld & Steppacher Company, was a Baltimore

Baltimore

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-based garment manufacturer that began operation in 1881. The factory was located in downtown Baltimore

Downtown Baltimore

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, on the corner of South Paca

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 and Lombard

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 Streets, in what is now referred to as the Westside. It was one of the Baltimore garment industry's major employers.

The company mostly manufactured pajamas and nightwear, leading to their slogan, "The Nightwear of a Nation". They were the first manufacturer to use elastic in the waist of pajama pants, rather than drawstrings or belts.

The company was best known at the time for its jingle "My Faultless Pajama Girl". This piece, a fox-trot, was composed by Louis Fisher in 1917. Sheet music was published by Jerome H Remick & Co.
The company was sold to fellow garment manufacturer Wilson Brothers in the 1940s. Wilson Brothers continued to produce pajamas under the Faultless Pajama name in addition to their own Wilson Wear line.

Location

The building in which the company was located is part of the Loft Historic District North

Loft Historic District North

The Loft Historic District North is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It includes 12 large 19th-early 20th century vertical brick manufacturing buildings centering on Paca, Redwood, and Eutaw Streets near the University of Maryland Campus in downtown Baltimore...

, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1985 as the Rosenfeld Building

Heiser, Rosenfeld, and Strauss Buildings

Heiser, Rosenfeld, and Strauss Buildings, also known as Inner Harbor Lofts I, is a historic loft building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a complex of three structures. The Heiser Building is a Romanesque Revival style, six-story brick, stone, and iron structure, eight bays...

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The building was converted to loft-style apartments in the 1980s and is currently known as the Inner Harbor Loft Apartments. It was sold to 36 S Paca St LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Maryland Medical Center

University of Maryland Medical Center

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, in 2005, and now serves as a mixed-purpose building, providing university housing, long-term patient family housing, and commercial rental.