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<LEGEND>
                                  EXHIBIT 27.1

                       AMERICAN LOCKER GROUP INCORPORATED
                            FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE
                               DECEMBER 31, 1999

     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from SEC
Form 10-K and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to such  financial
statements.

</LEGEND>
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