This is more a failure of a schools to teach things like home ec, or just people never being exposed to sewing machines at all... I emailed the guy and asked if he had a picture of the front. Here's his response:"No but I can get it. It looked the same all around." Really?!?! By the 60s, most machines had a few knobs on the front... Can't wait to see the other side, thinking the wheel looks like a Rocketeer though.
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/atq/5233808421.html