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The 18th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1941) | The 19th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1945) | The 20th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1946) | 
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The 19th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 22, 1945 in New York City, and was shown to viewers live on some local NBC radio stations and television systems that same day from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST. The lineup featured five giant helium balloons, 17 floats, seven bands, scores of clowns, and the one-and-only Santa Claus.
Parade Lineup[]
Listed below are the Parade elements that appeared in the 1945 line of march. Each element is listed in their respective categories/sub-categories, with sponsors in bold.
Bold indicates a new Parade element, and * indicates an element that was retired following the 1945 procession.
Balloons[]
- Ice Cream Cone (Macy's) - 1st time
- Ol' Man Pumpkin* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Bobo the Hobo* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Young Man on the Flying Trapeze* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Teddy Bear* (Macy's) - 1st time
Floats[]
- Flags of the 48 States* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Turkey (Macy's) - 1st time
- Animal Heads* (Macy's) - 1st time
- The Scarecrow* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Huge Pumpkin* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Christmas Tree and Bell* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Big Chief Machee (Macy's) - 1st time
- The Three Little Pigs* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Trampoline (Macy's) - 1st time
- Animal Cage (Macy's) - 1st time
- Side-Show* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Space Ship (Macy's) - 1st time
- Humpty Dumpty* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Rocking Horse* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Santa's Sleigh* (Macy's) - 1st time
Specialty Units[]
- N.Y. Mounted Police - 19th time
- World War II Military Duck Boats* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Delivery Truck* (Macy's) - 1st time