Never-before-seen photos of Gypsy Rose Lee

Gypsy Rose Lee poses in 1949.  

Burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee writes in her dressing room in Memphis, Tenn., 1949.

Burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee (right) dresses other performers in Memphis, Tenn., 1949.

Burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee (left) and other performers in Memphis, Tenn., 1949.  

Gypsy Rose Lee with her third husband, the painter Julio de Diego, 1949.