New York AL Uniforms in T206 set

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Posted By: Ray

I'm wondering if any uniform / T206 experts can answer my question. The New York AL players appear to be wearing uniforms inconsistent with those depicted on the Baseball Uniform Database at the Hall of Fame website (http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/exhibits/index.htm). T206 cards depicting players in their white home uniforms have "New York" across the chest, whereas the home uniforms actually had the NY logo on the sleeve and nothing across the chest. Further, there is no history of them wearing a white hat with red bill during the T206 era, such as depicted on Ball and Chase Throwing cards (among others). However there is a black hat with red bill that was worn as part of the home uniform in 1910.

Are the inconsistencies due to the cards being artist drawn, and therefore not necessarily a true representation of the actual uniforms? Did the artist add "New York" to the uniforms simply for clarification and ease of identification? Did I just answer my own question?