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Join us in celebrating our 95th anniversary this year in 2016! Our founder, C. G. Johnson, invented the upward-lifting garage door in 1921 and the electric garage door opener in 1926. For over 90 years, the Overhead Door brand has stood for product quality and expertise, as well as professional service.

Garage doors have come a long way in 95 years. What do you think is going through this little boy’s head as he gets pulled up by this garage door?

Our founder drove around a Ford Model T with a garage door installed to the back to show prospective customers how the newly invented garage door operated.

Employees at Overhead Door Co. of Oklahoma gather for a company photograph in the 1940s!

Check out this advertisement from the year 1927 in American Builder Magazine!

Help us celebrate our 95th Anniversary and check out this ad from 1929 in the Saturday Evening Post!

95 years and still going strong! Check out the prototype door that was driven to fairs and expositions to demonstrate how an overhead door worked when it was first invented. What special tactics do your sales reps use today?

Check out this ad from 1954! Overhead Door has been a leader in the garage door industry, our founder was the inventor of the upward-lifting garage door and electric garage door opener. We have come up with some of the most innovative technology and garage door systems throughout these past 95 years. Learn more www.overheaddoorbrookfield.com