In the 1920s and 1930s the nails would have looked just like they do today. Square nails where mainly hand made. They where replaced by machine made nails in the late 1800s. By the turn of the century ,1900, almost all nails where machine made and round.
Later square nails where usually made that way for a specific reason like horse shoe nails and some flooring nails.
I have seen my Great Grand Father make square nails but it was just to show me how they where made. When he started blacksmithing in the late 1800s they would make nails when they did not have other work to do. He was a black smith's apprentice when he turned 13 years old. HE was born in 1872. So in 1885 they where still making square nails. He talked about how that was one of the first things he learned how to make. He lived until he was 96 years old. He really liked boughten nails. He said that making nails was a mind numbing job.
The older part of my house has square nails. It was build in the 1870s. The newer addition has round nails but has gas light plumbing in the walls and it was built in 1890s.
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