The Rahe Auto Training School was founded by H. J. Rahe, who came to Kansas City in 1908 from Pittsburgh. During World War I his school was used to train U.S. Army personnel. The Rahe school and the old Sweeney Auto School, also of Kansas City, were known as the largest institutions of their kind in the world. The Rahe school statistician estimated that the 4,000 to 5,000 men who attended the school in the course of the year spent about $1 million in Kansas City. The school occupied the old Franklin Hudson building at 22nd and Gillham road (now being razed by Crown Center). A branch of the school was located in North Kansas City. The title on the old promotional post card reads Scene on Tractor Farm of the Rahe Auto and Tractor School, Kansas City, Mo. The Only School Giving Real Field Practice on Different Types of Tractor Engines. Kansas City Star, July 2, 1977.
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