Jack Giolitti was born in 1935 (one year before the opening of the Bay Bridge) in St. Helena, California. After high school, he apprenticed under a watchmaker before joining the Army. Following a short stint as a housepainter, he applied for work at the Bay Bridge and was hired as a bridge painter in 1959. In this interview, Giolitti describes his impressions of the bridge from his arrival until his retirement over thirty years later. Changing safety regulations, procedures, and union activity changed the nature of bridge painting over a thirty year span. He describes, in detail, his recollections of fatalities and other workplace accidents experienced over his lengthy career. In sections of the interview, he compares his experiences to those of bridge painters working on other structures – including the nearby Golden Gate Bridge. Other bridges discussed in the interview include the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge.