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                                  Exhibit 27.1

                       American Locker Group Incorporated
                            Financial Data Schedule
                                 June 30, 1999

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