Originally Posted by irishrose
It looks like the Kenmore power cord is there. It may have tape on it, in which case you'd want to have it checked before plugging it in. My Singer 128 from 1952 has the cord wired into the motor - not a plug in like the 1956 301.
I'm sorry for the confusion, the pic I linked to is one for sale, online, not the one I am looking at locally. I posted that pic for you all to see the model I was talking about, but the local one is, I think, missing the power cord. I'm going to do some more research today.