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                                  EXHIBIT 27.1
                       AMERICAN LOCKER GROUP INCORPORATED
                            FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE
                               SEPTEMBER 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.


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